Since nobody really seems to agree here on the interwebz, I thought I'd address my question to the manufacturer of my CPU cooler.
First off, I've been using my Scythe Shuriken to cool my E6750 for a while. I have to say it's a very nice cooler for such a small package!
On the E6750 (65 watts TDP), I got about 50-55 degrees Celsius under stress, while overclocked to 3,2Ghz (no voltage increase).
I've recently acquired a Core i7 920 (and 1366 VTMS clips, thanks for that solution!), which is in an entirely different league with its max 130w heat dissipation requirement. With HyperThreading enabled, temperatures shoot up to 70-72 degrees under full load, on stock speeds.
Turning off HyperThreading helped to get me to around 60 degrees, but that's not enough headroom to seriously start playing with clocks here.
The thing is, I had my cooler mounted with the heatpipes horizontally oriented on the E6750, and now they are vertically mounted on the i7.
Does the orientation of the heatpipes have any effect on the cooling efficiency?
I can imagine it does, since there is a bend in all 3 pipes, which might cause cooled down fluid to stay in the area most near the fan, but I'm not exactly sure about the physics involved here and the intentions of the design.
If you can't answer my question, I will try it for myself and report back in with the results, but I'm curious what the design people say about it, since the cooler is shown on the manual/box with the heatpipes vertically oriented
Oh and just another one while I'm at it: I
hate push pins ever since my cooler just came off a couple of months ago (imagine watching a video and hearing *THUNK*, then seeing your temps increase like a maniac, not pretty
). Do you plan on getting a screwable VTMS mounting kit for socket 1366?